checkpatch: allow reporting C99 style comments
Presently C99 style comments are removed unconditionally before actual
patch validity check happens. This is a problem for some third party
projects which use checkpatch.pl but do not allow C99 style comments.
This patch adds yet another variable, named C99_COMMENT_TOLERANCE. If
it is included in the --ignore command line or config file options list,
C99 comments in the patch are reported as errors.
Tested by processing a patch with a C99 style comment, it passes the
check just fine unless '--ignore C99_COMMENT_TOLERANCE' is present in
.checkpatch.conf.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190110224957.25008-1-vbendeb@chromium.org
Signed-off-by: Vadim Bendebury <vbendeb@chromium.org>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 76748ab..cbbeb38 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
my $conststructsfile = "$D/const_structs.checkpatch";
my $typedefsfile = "";
my $color = "auto";
-my $allow_c99_comments = 1;
+my $allow_c99_comments = 1; # Can be overridden by --ignore C99_COMMENT_TOLERANCE
sub help {
my ($exitcode) = @_;
@@ -1021,6 +1021,7 @@
}
my $vname;
+$allow_c99_comments = !defined $ignore_type{"C99_COMMENT_TOLERANCE"};
for my $filename (@ARGV) {
my $FILE;
if ($git) {
